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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1955)
mm BIB 7 Ml 0 In The I Day slews By FRANK JENKINS This is the hurricane season P long' the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It Is the FOREST FIRE SEASON Jn the timbered Far West. Both Are grisly ogres. Both hurricanes and forest fires arise out of weather conditions. The hurricanes are born down In the Doldrums, where confined hot, humid air forces Us way up through a cooler air stratum and starts a whirlwind that grows and travels. BAD forest fires arise out of heat and LOW humidity. When the air rets tinder drv. a spark Is all that is needed to set off a conllagra- tion. Nobody has yet been able to con trol the weather. We Just TAKE what we get. The teletype this morning tells us- Forest fires continue out of con trol in Central and Northern Cali fornia, with a total of some 25,000 acres already burned. Fires in Humboldt county in the north have covered about 18.000 acres and one threatens the VIRGIN stand of red. woods known as Rockefeller grove. Ihe world's tallest tree the General Grant redwood Is threatened by a fire in the Se quoia national forest in the Sier ra Nevada; We're still Inclined, you see, to think of fires in VIRGIN timber is the BAD ones. That Isn't really true. Old, ripe trees, with their thick bark, can resist a pretty hot fire. Even if killed, they can usually oe sal vaged bv immediate loseins. It's the NEW GROWTH that reallv concerns us most vitally The new growth has to do with our raw materials or tne iuture. We shudder, of course, at the thought of damage to a thrilling Iv lovely thing like the Rockefeller stand of virgin redwoods or the fabulous General Grant tree In th Seniioia national forest com- nwnly said to be the dldest living thing on this earth. That appeals to our sense ot tne aramauc. But I can't help wondering. One can hardly look at and med itate upon such fantastic marvels of nature without being struck by the thought that these old boys must have weathered many a hot blaze in the long centuries during which they have remained alive. Maybe they will weather this one. It seems reasonable that they can. - - - But the new growth Well, that is a horse of another color. New growth, when run over by a hot, HOT fire is a goner. It's the new. growth we must look to for the maintenance of our timber Industries in the long years to come. Some interesting new thinking about virgin old Rrowth timber Is entering the forest picture. A re cent report on the forest products industry of Oregon, prepared by competent lumber people and spon sored by Lewis and Clark college and Reed College during the cur rent year has this to say: "The capacity of Oregon's forest lands to produce wood fiber will not become evident until a large proportion of the virgin' old growth material Is REMOVED. Loss from lire, insects, disease and wind throw may actually offset or EX CEED growth within an area of virgin, old-growth timber.- "When this mature and over-mature timber is used and replaced wilh young growing trees of saw timber size, then -the annual prowth of wood fiber should EX CEED THE PRESENT CUT of 8.3 billion board feet annually." The future of our timbered area In Oregon and Northern California will continue brieht IF WE CAN KEEP THE NEW. GROWTH GROWING. Jet Base Job Reauests Told Inquiries are being received by the Klamath Falls Post Office re garding opportunities for employ ment at the Klamath Falls Jet air base, according to Chester L. Langslet. Klamath Falls postmas ter. In order to give accurate ans wers, Langslet directed an Inquiry tu the 11th U.S. Civil Service re . gion, Seattle. A reply from Herbert F. Nye. chief, examining and placement division, states: "We inquired at the McChord Air Force Base and they notified us that the field would be under the Western Air Defense Force. Hamilton Air Force Base, Hamil ton, California. "Applications for employment should be directed to that head quarters, in care of the civilian personnel officer. "As yet. examinations have not been issued by a board of exam iners, but we anticipate that some time In the future, announcements will be Issued by the board of ex aminers servicing the Hamilton Air Force Base. "At that time, examination an nouncements will be publicized in the local area." West Calf Wins Fair Ribbon MERRILL The grand cham pion bull In Uie Aberdeen Angus futurity at the Oregon state fair In Salem over Labor Day was ex hibited by Dale West of Merrill. His Junior calf topped six c!av s. Lightning Causes 300 State Fires By thf. associated press More than 300 fires burned in Oregon forests Tuesday. Cinders and ash swirled over wide areas of Southern Oregon. Spotters con tinued to call in reports of new blazes set by lichlnin-t strikes. Five homes burned northwest of Medford and many families were evacuated there in the Toio dis trict. The spread of the fire in those areas, though, was checked. Embers were falling on Jackson ville, historic center of Oregon's gold rush days. The woods and brushlands, ex plosively drv from a month with out rain and recent high tempera-l tures, were hit bv lightning strides Monday and early Tuesday. Fire lighters were disnatched as fast as reports came in. LOGGING HALTED All logizint: was halted in manv areas and the Weather Bureau said there was no relief in sight from either heat or lightning storms. The fires dotted Oregon south ward from the mid-Willamette Val ley and eastward nearly to the Idaho line. , Guy Johnson, U.S. Forest Service regional fire control officer, said none had been reported in North western Oregon or in federal tim ber in Washington. The Oregon fires spilled south ward into California where vast areas are ablaze. Covering small er acreage north of the border, the fires stem from the same spell of drouth and heat and hold the haz ard of blowing up into huge size. The Medford area, center of the sudden upsurge of fires Monday, continued Tuesda7 as the hardest hit with nearly 10,000 acres burned, humidity under 15 per cent and high winds threatened. MALHEUR FIRES A new fire in Eastern Oregon was reported to be spreading in and near Malheur and Ochoco Na tional Forests. Johnson said rough estimates Tuesday morning placed it at around 3.000 acres. It was burning in scattered pine and brush In the Izee region, west ol Seneca where on Sunday a fire fighter was trapped by flames and killed. The Willamette National Forest was closed to all logging. State Forester George Spaur Monday closed five Western Oregon dis tricts which encompass the Tilla mook burn and the Cascade foot hills areas of Multnomah, Hood River, Clackamas, Linn, Lane and part of Douglas counties. CLOSED AREAS He said operation of power driv en equipment was forbidden within an eighth of a mile of any forest land within the closed areas. The fires were being fought by hundreds of men Including Mexi can nationals who had been in the Rogue River Valley and adjacent areas for the fruit harvest. Smoke Jumpers from the Cave Junction station were at work at dozens of points. Supervisors and administrative personnel from the U. S. Forest Service regional headquarters at Portland as well as from offices in Montana and Washington state were dispatched. This Is the late Tuesday morn ing situation by forest areas: Willamette National Forest: Forty-nine fires were burning, all but one started by lightning. All were called potentially danger ous by Jack Smith of the forest office although the largest were 30 and 40 acres. All logging shut down. Western Lane Protective Assn.: ' Only one lire reported. Eastern Lane Protective Assn.: No fires reported, llmpqua National Forest: Thirty-nine fires, 23 of them In the Diamond Lake vicinity and the others scattered down the North Umpqua River. Some 300 Morrison Knudsen Co. employes were taken from dam building jobs at Tokelee and Lemolo and put on fire lines. So were employes of California Oregon Power Co.. the firm for whom the dams are being built. Most of the' fires started from a 3 p. m. Monday lightning storm and many are in excessively rough, inaccessible country above Steamboat, 40 miles east of Rose burg. The air is filled with smoke, making new fires hard to spot. Morning humidity was 7 per cent. Crater Lake National Park: Sixteen small fires, ranging from single trees to two acres. Discov- (Continued on page 4) hSSfMB Jittt WINNER In the commercial diviiion of the pared preceding the livestock show at Tuleleke Monday was this ancient Model T depicting the old time family headed for the fair. Occupants of the car are Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Barron and family. Barron ii operator of Virg't Shell Station in Tulelake. 1 IRimiitfKMBhVCVi. Ill 111 III B1C3 1 1EI iPSI5lf lllinBHWP.SVl P&B mm w u fBiuiuiui i i ipiiuiu s m Price Five. Cent it faces Oregon Lists 17 Dead By Accidents By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Labor Day weekend accidents claimed 17 lives in Oregon. The death toll, one of the highest ever recorded in the state for a holiday weekend, included seven dead in traffic crashes, four' in drownings, and six killed In other miscellaneous accidents. Traffic victims reported Monday included Jack Fenimore, 22, of .Klamath Falls who died when an automobile ran off Lake of thft Woods Road 16 miles northeast of Klamath Falls. Three others in the car were seriously injured. Others killed earlier hi traflic accidents were: Donald Hovgaard, 25, Cascade Locks. John C. Hopkins, 21, Portland. James P. Twohy, 43, Portland. Lee Papham, Portland. Ambrose Hopkins, (i3, Marcola. Martin J. Hillburn, 25, Parkdale. DROWNED Don Vestover, 21, of Springfield, drowned Monday In a water ski ing accident on Fern Ridge Lake, 10 miles west of Eugene. He fell off his skis into the water while being towed by a speed boat operated by U. W. Ellmaker, Eu- txene. The boat's motor failed while Ellmaker was circling to pick him up. Westover drowned before help reached him. Forest De Hart, 23, Tillamook, died in another swimming accident at Hidden Lake near Barview on the Oregon Coast. He dived Into shallow water and broke his neck. CHILD KILLED Jimmy L. Bones, 18-month-old child who fell Into a logging ditch at his home near Turner, and Ar thur Brawand, 23, Portland, who died in a boating mishap on the Willamette Hiver near Wilsonvllle, were the other drowning victims. Logging accidents claimed the lives of three. , Robert .Hughley, 10,was killed Monday when a 40-ioot snag. be. ing downed by his father, fell on him. . ,- - -, LOGGING MISHAPS Dee W. Deffenbacker, 38. and Ed ward Wilkle. 40, both of Chiloquin. cued Monday when a falling tree crushed ihe pickup truck in which they were sitting near Sprague River in Klamath County. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott. Portland, died from burns suffered in a rooming house fire. And Patricia Trute, 24, Portland, was killed in a fall down an ocean side cliif near Dclake. The death count tor the weekend the last holiday of summer, began at 6 p. m. Friday and ended midnight Monday. Floods Strike India, Turkey NEW DELHI. India (Jl New floods swept areas of eastern In dia Tuesday as the International Red Cros.s sped a first shipment of 20 tons of relief supplies here by plane. Indian Red Cross officials esti mated 25 million persons had been made nomeless In East India and East and West Pakistan, where heavy monsoon rains had coincid. ed with the annual rise resulting from the melting of Himalayan snows. The greatest loss was io prop erty, cattle and crops. Because the rivar levels rose slowly, most villagers had time to flee to higher ground. KONYA. Turkey in Ten mem bers of one family were lost in floods which struck this south Turkish city and 23 nearby vil lages Monday. The floods followed day-long rain. The overflow of the streams caused heavy loss of crops and livestock. IS FAfllLY TIMEL o .-oO- : : . 4. . mum irj;y VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS left Klamath Falls by Greyhound but Monday morning to swell the ranks of men already on the fire-line of the huge blaze raging near Yreka, California. These men; assembled by the Oregon State Employment Bureau, were gathered after an appeal from the Yreka area Forest Service office. Tuesday, U.S. Army troops from the San Francisco Bay Area were being rushed to the stricken area. Driver Killed On Lake Road A 22-year-old Klamath Falls man was killed and nine persons in jured, none seriously, in traffic accidents in Klamath County over the heavy-traffic Labor Day week end. It was the county's 12th traffic fatality of the year. Jackie Eugene Fenimore, 22, of 1430 Lookout Avenue, was killed Monday evening about 7 o'clock when he was thrown 86 feet clear of the car he was driving after it jkidded on a soft shoulder, veered 18 7 feet across the highway and came to rest up side down. Occurring on the Lake of the Woods road. 11 miles west of Klam ath Falls, three Klamath County's 12th Traffic Fatality of 1955 ' passengers in his car were Injured and taken to Klamath Valley Hospital. Treated for cuts and bruises were Jack Fields, 18, 2733 Crest Street; " Dee Valentine, 10. 1807 Burns Street; and John Dcvine, 14, 22m Hope Street. . State police, who investigated, said the accident occurred as Feni more attempted to pass a car driven by Orville Johnston. The car skidded on the left shoulder before careening across the high way and overturning. Others treated for minor injur ies in weekend traffic accidents were: Gerald Marvin Riddle, 26. 614 Walnut Avenue: Wilma Lee Reich, 22, 1024 Hig:i Street; James Don ald McCormlck. San Francisco; Wilfred D. Groves, 61, San .Fran cisco; Mrs. Bertha Backman. 1717 Main Street: and F. H. Harral, 63, 129 North Second Street. Fenimore i a native of Hardy. Nebraska, and had been a' resident Of Klamath Falls for two years. He is survived by his father, Ralph D. of Red Cloud, Nebraska; brothers. Paul of the USAF, and Robert, of Klamath Falls: a sister, Wanda Bullard of Omaha, Nebras ka; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Williams of Klamath Falls: and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fenimore of Emporia, Kansas. Funeral arrangements are pend ing at Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. Smog, Heat Ravage LA LOS ANGELES UP Smog j hlanketrt thp Lnft Aneolp arra in. : day to add to discomfort of the city's millions sweltering in the I seventh day of Its worst heal1 wave in history, j" At least 55 death wne listed ' and Wilkie for 16 years. p.s either directly or indirectly i Drffenbarkr survived by his caused by the heat. I widow. HhwI. Chiloquin; a dnu'h- Smog conditions were expected tr Druise, Chiloqirn; a, father, to reach the alert level today inRnj. Chiloquin; mother. Mrs. O. which all combustible burning ' W. Wihon. prmeville; nd a sis would be banned., ' trr. Mrs. Dolores Sche. Anchorape, Temperatures in' the city hit 100 1 Al;-: ka. vesterday for the sixth straight i He was a member of Lodge Np. day in which the mcrcurv was at! lf7. AF and AM . Chiloquin. least that high. An all-time high) Funeral services for Drffenback uf 110 degrees was recorded last er will be hrld at 2 pin Friday Thursday. from Ward's Klamath Funeral Farlier, the Weather Bureau I Hmur, listed the high for Sunday as 99.! Wilme i- survived bv his widow. Weather Bureau officials, however, j In-nis, chiloquin; his Tithci. Joe. said today a check of the bur- B'lrouit. Noitn Dakota: seven eau's official tempernture record I brothers: five sisters: and n ti er in downtown Los Angeles today; nvrous nephews and ni;cr.s. disclosed the nieh hd touched 100., f ui cr;. arr-m- menls are prnd On weekends the bureau uses a Ire at Ward s Klamath Funeral temperature recorder at Interna Honu. tional Airport, but it is not a I Accurate as the one downtown. I VISITOlts Alter a minimum' of 71 degrees h REI.OR APF., Yugoslavia (up) was reported in the city at 4 . 2V King Paul and Ouen Krederika of a.m. today, the mercury started ' Greece were srhedulrd to arrive Its ateauy climb toward a predict- j here today for a week-long state ed high of 106. 1 vi-it KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER C. 1955 I via . J A. . " ' i,ly v -m. s i i .i T f Vlr ' ' V l t- Vi i 1 .it Tf Vtf. U ,T.w, '. : 3 mMUn iA-oiiAV. ami PESGY DORGAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dor gan, 2694 Eberlein, was on her way to her first day of school this morning at Mills School when the ,'9 o'clock photographer stopped her. Falling Tree Kills Lowers Two Chiloquin lenders were liilied iimantiy Monday mornini; wlnn a tree frll on the cab of a pickup in which they were ridiivj on a private lotting road 24 miles norlhue:r. nl li-MUy. Dcnd were Ertwnrd J. Wilkie. 40, and Deo Wilmer Delfenbackor, 3R. Thrv were driving io a work arra in tr.f forest or. the east side of Fucco Mo'in'-nn wlun the tree, which was being f riled by oin,-i lO'ccrs who W'Tr unseen from the road, crahd through the cab kill in;: the men. Both were omplovrd bv the Ray mond Loicin; Company, and ap i parrntlv dicvc parently dicve through on a re stixipd road, it was reported. Defi'enbp.cker had been a rcsi- r Crowds Attend lote Rodeo LAKEVIEW The 36th Annual Lakeview Roundup and Lake Coun ty Fair was listed in the record books here Tuesday as the greatest celebration of its kind ever held in this area. ' The normal crowd of merrymak ers wns swelled by uranium pros pectors who for weeks, have been gathered here. The three day rodeo, which opened wilh a niuht performance Saturday featured some of the best amateur riders on the West Coast, Sonef the finest livestock in Oregon was exhibited Ht the coun ty fair. Charles Jamicson of Lake- view took top honors when his An gus bull was declared grand cnam pion in the open class. Other winners in the livestock division included: champion ewe lamb. Tom Crawford, Lakeview; grand champion 4-H steer, Jerry Pitcher. Fort Rock; grand cham pion. FFA bull calf, Charles Van dcrgaw. James W. Osle, president of the Lake County Fair Association, said this year's stock entries were the best in the history of the exposi tion. The celebration wns climaxed Monday with a Labor Day parade. Dozens of floats and riding unlt.s participated including the Klmnalh County Sheriff's Posse. Reds To Free U.S. Citizens GENEVA CUP) Communist Chi na announced today It nan pant ed exit pennits to nine Americans "who may now depart" for their homeland; and Is ready to free two others when they ask to leave. A 12th American will be permit ted to leave in two or three months when his business affairs are cleaned up. The Reds also announced that Ihree other persons, one believed . u r-i..n-.mnn it. ill K allAtunrl IU UK UilL-IIJiinii, mil " oaiv . in Ixova tho rhina mainland im- I mediately. j Chinese Ambassador to Poland Wang Ping-man made the disclo sure when he met this morn Inn to di.-cuss with U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia U. Alexis Johnson the exchange of nationals of each other's country. The Americans to be freed are part of h group of 41 known to be In Communist hands and whose relenr.e has been demanded by the U. 8. government. A communique Issued after Wang and Johnson met for two and a half hours and then adjourn ed until next Saturday said the nine Americans had applied for and been tf ranted exit permits. It said two olher Americans. Identified as Bishop James Edward Walsh and Mrs. Peter Huizcr. had not vet applied for permits but could have them upon request. The communique also said that another American. Identified as Charles Sydney Miner, could leave Red China "when the affairs of the company with which he Is con nected are cleared up." KCES Damaged Fire damafi-d hullrflnrft of KRKS-TV Monday fin lllarkwell Hill near Mrdford where the sta tion' lranimUlT I located. The. power Mipnly llnra to the trans mitter and the poles carrying Ihe lines were destroyed by the flames. Arrortllng in V. A. Fabrr. vice prenidrnt of KHLH-TV, tempor ary rrplaremrnta are being hur ried to the scene and the station expectrd to be on the air by prof ramming time today 3:50 p.m. Trlephone 8111 443 Die In Accidents By I'NITKD PRESS Traffic accidents took more than five lives each hour ot ihe IK-hour Labor Dr.y weekend, a finrl Uni'.edl Press tabulation showed to The final count showed 443 traf-1 flc deaths during the period be ginning at 6 p.m. Friday and end Ing at midnitht last night. Tlie National Safety Council originally believed the death count would be 400, then feared that It might even exceed the record of 43 fntahtie: set during the 1051 Labor Day weekend. Council President Ned H. Dear born said "thank Heaven" that the 1D.11 record at least, was un broken. BEREAVED ' But that Is slight solace to the thousands of families bereaved by holiday accidents that resulted In death or serious injury." he said. "And It Is of slight comfort to any one who sincerely believes that this wholesale slaughter on the high way need not and must not be tolerated. . "We hope and believe that extra effort on the part of everyone be tween now and Christmns will hold down the year-end holiday toll," he said. In addition to the traffic deaths, the United Press count showed Tl deaths by drowning, 10 In plane crashes, and 66 from a variety of accidents for an overall holiday toll of 592. -WORST STATE The worst highway eamace ut In California, where a blazing heat wave luroa added thousands to the roads and 44 died. Other bad rec ords were posted bv Texas with 34. Ohio with 33, Illinois with 30. Michigan with 28, Pennsylvania with 22, and Wisconsin with 20. in bright contrast, three stales Montana, North Dakota, and Ver mont got through the holiday without a single highway casualty. ine worst. Labor -Day record be- fore 1955 was Set In 1061, when 453 persons were killed. DEATHS MOUNT Police across the country had nromlscd-a "gloves off" fight to keep deaths below the 400 predict ed by the National Safely Council. But the death reports started roll ing In steadily as soon as the holi day started. Fine weather across (he coun try produced the biggest traffic Jam in the nation's history an estimated 25 million cars carrying 60 million persons. The death rale started spurting Saturday and reached lis climax late Monday, when weary holiday- ers stepped on the gas trying to get home. I) it i: A It V LIST There were few big era shew Just a dreary succession of sma:sh ups which took lives by ones and twos and left tragedy in yet anoth er American home. Even .the men fighting the death count were not immune. An Air National Guard plane acting as a traffic spotter In Indiana crashed and burned near Lebanon. The pi lot and a state patrolman were killed. But In Michigan, police snid the traffic Jam had actually helped slow the death rate in the holiday's last hours. A state policenian explained that the crush was so great "We couldn't have a fatal accident. Nobody could get out of line to get hit." t f f. . ? V ' ft SINGLES WINNERS, Barbara Bradley, left, and Ellis William son talk over the outcome of t!c Labor Day weekend's eighth annuel Herald and News Invitational Tennis tournament, Brad ley won the women's singles and Williamson captured the men's title. See story and pictures on sports page. California iszettages 'ssr Yreka Tiro of unprecedented fury was sweeping uncontrolled through ap pinxim.vcly 30.000 acres of timber in the Klumuth National Forest, 20 miles. we.H of Yreka. Califor nia. Tuesday, while olher fires ra-;cd eiRht miles west of Port KUmath in the Rogue National Forest of Oregon. Rus:-ell M. Bower, superintend ent o( the Klamath Forest, said Ihe fire west of Yreka is the most devastating conflagration, to ever strike tlint region. Tne city of Yreka, Itself, Is men aced by the flames which are mcvmg rapidlv toward a stand of timber cn Humbug Creek. A back fire has been started there to keep the min lire from spreading clos er to Yiria. FIR V. ntSCltlBED In describing the fire In the Yreka area, Superintendent Bower, said: "Knthlncr but a chance In the weather can slop 'it. Otherwise, all of the timber In that area will be destroyed." Stiortly before noon Tuesday, more thun 1,400 fire fighters were battling the Klamath - F a r e s t flames. Smoke jumpers from Mon tana were dropped Into the area Tuesday morning. Another uncontrolled fire Is be lieved to have destroyed scores of summer homes and several lodges in tlie Happy Camp area. Residents or the area fled for their lives. This fire, according to the forest service, has burned over 600 acres on Indian Creek, near Happy Camp. No fatalities were reported at press time. UNCONTROLLED The worst tire in the Fort Klam ath area Is burning uncontrolled on Gardner Peak. Two or three smaller fires in the district west of Fort Klamath also are out of control. Vein Smith at the Port. Klam a'h Ranger Station said fires are burning in an area 40 miles long and nine miles wide west of Port Klamath. Smith added that 37 men are on the lire lines and It was expected 20 more men would reach the scene Tuesday afternoon. Officials at the Oregon State Employment Service oiflce In Klamath sold they have dispatched 60 lire fighters to Yrcka and Fort Klr.mat'i in two buses. They said other volunteers drove in their own cars to the stricken areas, Mt;N N'KE1)K . the police department received request from tlie employment office Tuesday morning for assis tance in recruiting fire fighters. Desk St, Leonard Clark at police headquarter: said officers wens um.ble to find any men for Im-o fighting ' LAKEVIEW Seventeen fires were reported over the weekend in the Fremont National Forest, ihe largest of which was still burn ing at press time In tho Summer Lake. Rim area. More than 400 acres of timber had been burned, Mike Palmer, forest ranger for the district, snid' fire fi'jhtent are bel;i!; assisted by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company men flnd five Weyerhaeuser cats, Lakeview Log. ging Company loggers, Summer take rnnrhers and men from the Adnms mill at Parley. It, wns anticipated that the fire would be controlled today. uiiicr rOIUXAST Klamath FalU and vicinity: Mostly sunny through Wednesday. Some thundershowers In the mountains. High Wednesday 0(1; low Tuesday night 50. IIIcli yesterday J8 Low last night , 56 ?rrtilp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 ...7.00 Siimr period last year 15.27 Normal for period . 12.71 I
